https://kevinwang930.github.io/categories/flink/Recent content in Flink on Kevin wang's blogHugoen-USTue, 06 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0200https://kevinwang930.github.io/post/data/stream/flink/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0200https://kevinwang930.github.io/post/data/stream/flink/<p><strong>Apache Flink</strong> is a distributed engine for continuous (and bounded) dataflow programs. A job is a graph of operators; the runtime places parallel <strong>tasks</strong> on <strong>TaskManagers</strong>, keeps operator <strong>state</strong> local to those tasks, and advances time with <strong>watermarks</strong> so windows and timers close at well-defined points.</p>